Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spade

3 senses of spade

Sense 1
spade -- (a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it; "she led a low spade"; "spades were trumps")
       => playing card -- (one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games)

Sense 2
spade -- (a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot)
       => hand shovel -- (a shovel that is operated by hand)

Sense 3
nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra -- ((ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga")
       => Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid -- (a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spade

1 sense of spade

Sense 1
spade -- (dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds")
       => dig, delve, cut into, turn over -- (turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration")